Global Compensation Leader: Strategy, Data, & Pay Design

Accenture PLC; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 294,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in Irvine, CA is seeking an experienced Total Rewards Manager to shape and deliver compensation strategies, programs, and market-informed pay structures. You will advise leaders, translate data into clear recommendations, and lead compensation initiatives globally.

Role requires strong compensation expertise, stakeholder partnership, and the ability to manage a small team while driving improvements in processes, tooling, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of compensation experience in market intelligence or salary structures.
• Global compensation experience is preferred.
• Strong analytical and data fluency with compensation reporting, market surveys, and large data sets.
• Experience developing salary structures, pay frameworks, benchmarking methodologies, or incentive program analysis.
• Experience with compensation technology, market-pricing platforms, reporting tools, or process automation.
• Excellent project management, organization, and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, influence stakeholders, and handle confidential information.
• Ability to learn new applications, tools, and processes quickly.
• Experience using AI to create agents or automations in workflows.
• Strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evolve total rewards policies, programs, and compensation structures.
• Develop market-relevant salary range structures using surveys, market intelligence, and real-time data.
• Advise leaders on competitive practices, pay decisions, and range placement.
• Leverage internal and external data to assess compensation structures and bonus programs.
• Evaluate structures after career changes and advise on future-readiness of design.
• Utilize real-time vendor data platforms to strengthen market intelligence.
• Translate analysis into executive-ready insights and recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate compensation processes.
• Manage multiple priorities and deliverables with high accuracy.
• Provide direction and development to a small team (1–2 professionals).
• Coordinate work across team members and partners for timely delivery.

Skills

Global compensation experience

Data fluency

Excel skills

Stakeholder influence

People management

Tools

Compensation systems

Job description

Accenture PLC in Irvine, CA is seeking an experienced Total Rewards Manager to shape and deliver compensation strategies, programs, and market-informed pay structures. You will advise leaders, translate data into clear recommendations, and lead compensation initiatives globally.

Role requires strong compensation expertise, stakeholder partnership, and the ability to manage a small team while driving improvements in processes, tooling, and reporting.